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Although my commute to work was only seven minutes, I sometimes skipped the trip back home for lunch and landed, instead, in the prayer garden at my church, with a salad and a glass of sweet tea.

Being in control is something that many, if not most, people long for. Why else would obtaining a pilot’s license and purchasing a personal aircraft be so high on the list?

For those who try to live for the Lord and want to please Him, I’m sure you know what I mean when I say there are times when the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

I was sitting with my arm outstretched, purposely not looking at the needle which was drawing blood from the artery in the crook of my elbow.

We tend to have a much-higher opinion of ourselves than what we ought, but everyone with a lofty self-perception is surrounded by a world of porcupines.

Editor’s Note: This column was penned prior to the death of Susan Lincoln’s husband, Don, on Sept. 9, 2021.